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Church Mountain

Church Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Church Mountain rises to 881 m in Virginia. Cow Knob stands 1,231 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Church Rock, a peak 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 28 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49020617, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
881 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.72289, -78.89642

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fulks Run Ruritan Park: 4.8 mi
  • Bergton Fairgrounds: 5.0 mi
  • Mathias Community Center: 10.8 mi
  • Singers Glen Historic District: 11.8 mi
  • New Market Community Park: 13.0 mi
Museums: 22
Historic sites: 20
Springs: 16
  • Shenandoah Alum Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Sand Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Hall Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Cold Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Stranderman Spring: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 13
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Waterfalls: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Church Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cow KnobWSW 258°1,231 m10.7 mi
Fulk MountainWSW 247°1,056 m9.9 mi
Black Lick MountainWSW 254°1,040 m10.0 mi
Rader KnobW 263°1,019 m9.0 mi
Beech Lick KnobW 262°1,000 m6.4 mi
White Grass KnobW 270°988 m6.0 mi
Carr MountainWSW 255°938 m7.2 mi
Third PointWSW 258°933 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5220:0520:44
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:3116:1616:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239515967716963524234

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1482536 — Church Mountain, Rockingham County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356571055

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